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W H. STROUP.

Sleigh-Runner.

No; 63,329. w Patente Mar. 26. 186.7.

NV. H. STR'P, OF PITTSBRG, PENNSYLVANA. ettel's Patent lVo; 63,329, daa? .lfm'clz 26, 1867.

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'IO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it knorvn thatI, W. H. STROUP, of Pittsbnrg, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have im'ented a new and improved Adjustahlo Run'nerfor Ohairs, 'Camp Stools, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, irhich will` enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the aecoinpanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whiehp Figuro 1 is a side view of my adjustahle runner.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same.

Figure'3 is a cross-section of the same taken through the lino a; w, figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention-has for its object to-furnisha runncr, 'so construo'ted and arranged that it may he attached to chairs, camp-stools, 850., to adopt them for use as sleds on skating-ponds, and from which they may bo removed without injury to the legs of said ohairs or stools; and it consists in a runnor having fastenings atttached to its upper edge, to receive and hold the legs of .the chair or stool, and which inny be adjusted to legs of any desired size; and in making one of the fastenings adjustahle longitudinally, so as to adapt the runners for use upon chairs of various sizes.

A is the runner, which is made with its forward end turned up in the ordinary nranner. B and O are the fas'tenings, by means of which the legs of the ohairs or stools are secured to the runner A. bl is a plate, securely nttached to the runner A. Oneside edge oflthe plate 61 is turned up so as to form a fiange, bz. The end edges of the plate bl are also turned up, to -form groovos or ,guides for the ends of the adjustablo plate 63. E are set or adjusting screws, passing through holes in the fiange 62 of the plate 11', and screwing into holes in the plate 223, so that the piate 63 may be adjnsted to chair legs of any size, and then screwed up so as to clampthe said legs between it and the flange bg. The fastening O is also adjustable longitudinally. -c1 is a plate, securely attached to the upperedge of the runner, both the side edges of the said plate being turned np to form grooves or guides for the edges of the plate cz. 03 is a fiange formed upon or attached to the plate 02. The end edges of the plate 82 are turnod'p to form grooves or guides for the adjustahle plate 8*. E are the screws by which the plate c* is adjusted to the size of the ohairlegs, and by which the said legs are secnred to the fastening. The stationary fiangeof the forward fastening should benear the outer edge of the runnor; and the fiangec3 of the rear or movablc fastening should he placed near the inner edge of said rnnner, when the runners are to he applied to chuirs the forward legs of Whiclrare wider apart than the rear legs. But When the runners are to he appliedv to camp stools this is not necessary. Theserunners can' be applied to any chair o r stool or other similar article, ther'eby converting it into a sled convenient foruse on skating-ponds and other places. And, when desired, they can readily beremoved therefrorn without having injured or marrod the chair in the least.

' What I claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, is-- 1. An improved runner, having adtjustable fastening's attached to its upper edge, suhsta'ntially as herein shown and described, and for the pnrpose set forth.

2. Making one of the fastenings adjustahle logitudinaliy, substantially as herein shown and deseribed, and for the purpoe set forth.

W. H= S'J'ltOU'PY Witnesses:

A. SL Nronotson` Tnos. J. PARKER. 

